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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.

Seneca the Younger

Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Foundation Moderation Unstable
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Burn Grief Secret
He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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Conclusion Justice May Side
I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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Book Mind Together
How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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Action Destination Honor
One hand washes the other.
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Country Emotion Hand People Person Unity
Life is long if you know how to use it.
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Life Long Use
May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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Justice May Philosophical
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Inspirational Success Tattoo
He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
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Life Poison Sweet
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Compact Made Poverty Rich
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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Steer Talk Vessel
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Happiness Inspirational Laughter
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Lying Money Political
If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Desire Judge Persuade Sin
Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Adversity Merit Test

Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.

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